CHAPTER 2
A Lesson from
a Story
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BRAINSTORMING
A Lesson from a Story 1. Who is your favorite c haracter from
a book or a movie? What is he or
Unit 1: The Character Was she like?
Awesome
2. What is one memorable event that
Unit 2: Once Upon a Time happened to your favorite
Unit 3: Bravery Conquers Fears c haracter?
3. What lesson did you learn from the
c haracter?
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UNIT 1: THE CHARACTER WAS AWESOME
Kinan has just finished reading a What are you going to learn?
novel and thought the main In this unit, you are going to learn how
character was awesome. The main to:
character’s development was
• use adjectives to show personality
impressive. and feelings; and
Have you read a character that • analyze the c haracters in some
left you with a deep impression? If stories.
yes, let’s describe the character
together!
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UNIT 1: THE CHARACTER WAS AWESOME
1. USING ADJECTIVES TO SHOW PERSONALITY
AND FEELINGS
Listen to the audio of Mike and Adam sharing the stories
that they have read. Do the exercise in page 41.
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UNIT 1: THE CHARACTER WAS AWESOME
1. USING ADJECTIVES TO SHOW PERSONALITY
AND FEELINGS
In a story, a c haracter’s personality can be described using adjectives. The adjectives
may represent how the c haracter thinks, feels, or acts. Look at the following examples.
a. The mouse-deer was a clever animal.
b. The beggar was honest.
Here are some other adjectives that can be used to describe someone’s personality.
Smart Sly Wise
Cunning Timid Foolish
Generous Kind-hearted Cheerful
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UNIT 1: THE CHARACTER WAS AWESOME
1. USING ADJECTIVES TO SHOW PERSONALITY
AND FEELINGS
Adjectives can also be used to describe a c haracter’s feelings towards something. Look at
the bold words in the following sentences.
a. Malin Kundang’s mother was unhappy with her son’s actions.
b. The Witc h felt angry towards the King.
Here are some other adjectives that can be used to describe someone’s personality.
Sad Confused Amazed
Disappointed Shocked Upset
Elated Scared Grateful
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UNIT 1: THE CHARACTER WAS AWESOME
2. ANALYZING THE CHARACTERS IN SOME
STORIES
Now, let’s analyze the c haracters’ personalities in “Malin Kundang” story. Read the story
in page 44. Write the c haracters’ personalities and do the exercise in page 45.
Characters in the Story Personality
Character 1:
Character 2:
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UNIT 2: ONCE UPON A TIME
“Once upon a time, in a far away What are you going to learn?
country, there was a lonely king. He In this unit, you are going to learn how
did not have any royal family to use positive and negative sentences
member left. He was all alone.” in simple past tense to retell parts of
What part of a narrative text is some stories.
the paragraph above? Can you
find the positive and negative
sentences in the paragraph?
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UNIT 2: ONCE UPON A TIME
USING POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SENTENCES IN
SIMPLE PAST TENSE
A positive sentence is a sentence that states something. It does not contain negative
words like ‘not’. In simple past tense, a positive sentence uses Verb 2. Look at the
examples.
a. The peacocks strutted about with their colorful tail feathers outstretc hed.
strut (Verb 1) strutted (Verb 2)
b. Crow flew down to the ground and stuck the feathers into his wings and tail.
flow down (Verb 1) flew down (Verb 2)
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UNIT 2: ONCE UPON A TIME
USING POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SENTENCES IN
SIMPLE PAST TENSE
A negative sentence is a sentence that tells that an action did not happen or someone
did have something. A negative sentence usually has a negative word. Look at the
examples.
a. The crow did not like his feathers.
Does not like (Verb 1) did not like (Verb 2)
b. The tiger would never give up on his prey.
will never give up (Verb 1) would never give up (Verb 2)
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UNIT 2: ONCE UPON A TIME
USING POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SENTENCES IN
SIMPLE PAST TENSE
Read the story of “The Lion and
the Rabbit” in page 51. Then,
do the exercise after reading
the story.
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UNIT 3: BRAVERY CONQUERS FEARS
Have you ever read a story and What are you going to learn?
wished that you could add your own In this unit, you are going to learn how
twist to it? Well, worry not. In this to:
unit, you are going to learn about
• analyze the elements of a story;
the elements of narrative text. and
After learning the elements, you • rewrite some popular stories.
will be able to explore and add a
twist to any story that you want.
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UNIT 3: BRAVERY CONQUERS FEARS
1. ANALYZING THE ELEMENTS OF A STORY
A story usually consists of several different elements. These elements make a story
complete. Look at the following table for the details.
Elements Description
Character(s) A person, an animal, or other beings in a story
Theme What the story is about
Setting The time and location of the story
Conflict The challenge needed to be solved by the main character
Plot A sequence of events, consisting of the beginning (exposition),
climax, and ending (resolution)
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UNIT 3: BRAVERY CONQUERS FEARS
1. ANALYZING THE ELEMENTS OF A STORY
Listen to the beginning of “A Little Boy with a Slingshot” story.
Then, do the exercise in Part 3 and Part 4 in page 56 -57.
Analyze the structure of the story.
No. Structure Paragraph Description
1. Orientation
2. Complication
3. Resolution
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UNIT 3: BRAVERY CONQUERS FEARS
2. REWRITING SOME POPULAR STORIES
Open Part 7 in page 60. You are going to
rewrite the stories that you have read in Unit 3.
You can c hange the elements of the story to
make it yours. The only thing that you have to
keep is the c haracters.
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GROUP WORK
Group Storytelling
Work in pairs. Find an interesting
narrative text in books or on an
internet. Choose one story for you
to tell people. Plan a story telling
performance with your partner. You
can use props to support your
performance. Source: Kristen Uroda/NPR
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CONCLUSION
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CHAPTER 2 QUIZ
1. What are the elements of a narrative story? Explain it in your own words.
2. Obser ve the following pictures. Try to guess and describe the c haracters’
personality based on the pictures.
Voldemort Harry Potter
Source: Warner Bros Source: Warner Bros
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AKM PRACTICE QUESTION
Read the following story to answer questions 1 to 3.
The Goose and the Golden Egg
There was once a countryman who possessed the most wonderful goose you can imagine, for
every day when he visited the nest, the goose had laid a beautiful, glittering, golden egg.
The countryman took the eggs to market and soon began to get rich. But it was not long
before he grew impatient with the goose because she gave him only a single golden egg a
day. He was not getting rich fast enough.
Then one day, after he had finished counting his money, the idea came to him that he could
get all the golden eggs at once by killing the goose and cutting it open. But when the deed
was done, not a single golden egg did he find, and his precious goose was dead.
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AKM PRACTICE QUESTION
Question 1
From the story, it can be inferred that the countryman was a … person.
A. believable C. stingy
B. responsible D. greedy
Question 2
What do you think the countryman would feel after realizing that he had
killed the goose for nothing?
Question 3
What is the moral of the story?
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Referensi
Iskandar, Mochamad Edwin, Yadi Kusmayadi,
Teguh Puja Pramadya. 2023. Bahasa Inggris
untuk SMP/MTs Kelas VIII. Bandung: Grafindo
Media Pratama.
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